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Hamlet is a fictitious character. He was not really born and did not really die. Unless it says something in the text of the play about it, and it doesn't, there can be no answer to this question.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt isn't. It is based on a legend from Viking times, so there is a little of that flavour to it. (The Danes collecting tribute from England, for example.) But there are also aspects of the story that are contemporary with Shakespeare. (The University of Wittenberg, for example).
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∙ 11y agoHamlet dies near the end of the play. He is poisoned by Laertes' sword in a duel.
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∙ 10y agoIn the last scene of the play. He's a character in a play, remember, not a real person.
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∙ 12y agoHamlet is a fiction based on a legend. It didn't really happen. Therefore it is pointless to ask what date it happened on. It's like asking what date the Minotaur was born on.
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∙ 10y agoIn the last scene of the play. He's a character in a play, remember, not a real person.
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∙ 13y agohe was born in the year 1571 :)
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Who died in Hamlet?
Polonius, Ophelia, Gertrude, Hamlet, Claudius, and Laertes.
Why do you think king claudiious points laertes in Hamlets direction?
Because by that point King Claudius knows that Hamlet knows the truth about king Hamlet's death, so he tries to get rid of Hamlet using Laertes.
In the movie Hamlet what characters died and how did the characters die?
Laertes dies by his own poisoned blade at the hand of hamlet hamlet dies from laertes poisoned blade Gertrude takes a drink of the wine intended for hamlet by Claudius that poisoned her Claudius is forced to drink the poisoned wine by hamlet Rosencrantz and Guildenstern take a letter to England that tells the king to kill them and it is signed by hamlet Ophelia drownds her self Polonius is stabed by hamlet
What is the relationship between Old Hamlet and Hamlet?
Hamlet Sr (Old Hamlet) was the King of Denmark and Hamlet Jr's (Hamlet) father. Hamlet Sr dies at the beginning of the play and the story follows Hamlet Jr as the main character. Hope this helps, Have a great day.
In the opening of hamlet whom do the sentries and Horatio see?
The ghost of Hamlet's father, the former king.
Why did Hamlet not become king after his father died?
Hamlet did not become king after his father died because Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, married Hamlet's mother and became king instead.
The official story given out about King Hamlet's death is that he?
The official story is that King Hamlet died from snakebite.
Who is Prince Hamlet's father?
Hamlet's father is also named Hamlet. He was King Hamlet of Denmark until he died, allegedly because of his brother Claudius, who took his kingdom and his wife.
Who was named king after Hamlets father died?
Hamlet's uncle Claudius.
How does Gertrude not know how king Hamlet died?
She's not a doctor. Claudius claimed that Hamlet Sr. died of a snakebite, and she had no reason to believe otherwise. The key line is her response to Hamlet's "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." Hamlet is accusing her of the murder, but her response "To kill a king?" shows that to Gertrude the real shocker in Hamlet's statement is that his father was murdered at all. She had no idea.
Who died in Hamlet?
Polonius, Ophelia, Gertrude, Hamlet, Claudius, and Laertes.
What is the horatio dose to Hamlet?
he tells king cladios that hamlet want to kill his and King claudiouse kills hamlet
What date king David died?
king David died in 970 B.C.
Why do you suppose that king Claudius is so irritated by Hamlets persistent grief and melancholy?
He'd like everyone to forget all about King Hamlet. That way, nobody will wonder whether he died of a snakebite as was reported or not. The less people think about King Hamlet, the safer Claudius is. But Hamlet keeps on bringing it up.
How do laertes claudious and Hamlet die in the end of Hamlet?
Laertes cuts Hamlet by his poisined sowrd, but Hamlet takes the sowrd and kills lartes by it after Laertes confesses that King Claudius wanted that to happen and he is also the one that poisined the cup (that Gurtrude drank from and died). Hamlet then rushes towards the king, making him drink from the poisined cup and by the poisined sowrd.
Who is Prince Hamlet?
King Hamlet isn't. King Hamlet was. In the play Hamlet, King Hamlet was the previous king of Denmark and father to Prince Hamlet after whom the play is named. At the time the play starts. King Hamlet is already dead. However, his ghost makes an appearance in Act 1 Scene 1 and in three scenes thereafter.
How do people think king hamlet died?
He was sleeping in his orchard when Hamlet's uncle, Claudius, poisoned him with hebenon.
